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Why are random encounters a crutch? They’re a tool the DM is fully intended to have at their disposal. There is absolutely nothing wrong...

Sounds like you are reading the list as follows: "Interrupted by a period of strenuous activity - at least 1 hour of walking fighting...

This is how you do it.

And to control the pace, you don't need to run 20 rounds of combat every long rest, you just need the party to believe that there could...

yeah, but usually a welcome one. No one is really expecting anything negative from going to a haunted house ride either, and they are...

I mean, I think I’ve been on the same page as you regarding the analysis of how the combat is designed. I just think it’s a good design...

Haven’t gotten the chance to yet. I’m talking about classic 5e, because that’s what Mearls was talking about in the opening post. I’m...

Compensating for fewer encounters per day? Either by changing the rules for resting so you can’t take them as frequently, or by making...

I mean, if you’re doing those things, you don’t really need combat to be balanced. Combat is balanced around adventures where combat is...

Actually 4e introduced it and 5e repurposed it. It means 6-8 combats with one or two short rests in between. Which the DMG explains. It...

And for those people, the 2014 DMG offered the (admittedly poorly named) “gritty realism” variant resting rules. Short rests take 24...

Oh, yeah, some people understood the assignment, but I think a lot more didn’t, and moreover they refused to accept it when it was...

Wow, 20 rounds of combat between long rests, with combats assumed to last about 3 rounds means they were expecting approximately 6 or 7...

I have suspicion that what's really being seen here is the tendency of Forge-derived games and their descendants to drill down on a...

I really don't get the "predetermined story" vibes at all. Had this been decided in advance, they wouldn't have spend 4 hours on a wake...